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Source: BBC News World website
Just a month before the start of the Beijing Olympics, the city is still failing to meet international air quality standards, the BBC has found.
When Beijing bid for the Olympics in 2001, it said its air would meet World Health Organization (WHO) standards.
The BBC put this to the test using a hand-held detector to test for airborne particles known as PM10.
We found that the city's air failed to meet the WHO's air quality guidelines for PM10 on six days out of seven.
These particles are caused by traffic, construction work and factory emissions. They are responsible for much of this city's pollution.
On one of these days, the pollution reading was seven times over the WHO's air quality guideline.
Read full article on the BBC News World website
